The agency's decision is based on results from a clinical trial in which the treatment improved hearing in 80 percent of the ...

The treatment, developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, is for a very rare form of deafness. But it represents a medical ...

Travis Smith was a very serious baby. Born completely unable to hear, his mother, Sierra, struggled to see his personality ...

Dr. Swee Lay Thein and Dr. Stuart Orkin won the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their work toward a ...

A new study has brought scientists one step further in the direction of developing a cure for a brutal group of rare brain disorders known as SYNGAP1-related disorders, or SRDs. Researchers were able ...

Serif Biomedicines has emerged from stealth mode to continue developing “modified DNA,” a new class of therapeutics designed ...

Married couple Jean Bennett and Albert Maguire developed Luxturna, which helped a patient see their child’s face for the first time ...